The main deity is Thiru Kural Appan and His consort Mahalakshmi is Padmasini Thayar. This temple was believed to be built by Arjun as a mark of gratitude to Sri Krishna. The other name for this temple is Thiru Varan Vilai. As Arjun was also known as Partha and Sri Krishna acted as Sarathy (Charioteer) for Arjun, the temple is dedicated to Sri Parthasarathy. The timing may differ on festivals and special occasions. The temple is open from 4.00 A.M to 11 A.M and from 5 P.M to 8 P.M. This is the first of the Pancha Pandava temples. Sri Nammalvar, one of the Alwars had written scriptures on this Deity. Yudhistra came to this place to do penance to alleviate his sin and meditated on Sri Maha Vishnu. The Devas who are also considered as вЂimayavarвЂ™ used to do penance on Sri Maha Vishnu in this place. The Goddess is called as Chengamalavalli Thayar.ДЄs per the legend, Lord Subramanya had killed an asura in this very place. The deity is in standing posture facing east. Here the presiding deity is called as Imayavarappan Perumal. As Yudhishtra was also a king of Dharma, this is also called as Dharma Raja Temple. This is attributed to Yudhishtra, the elder of the Pandavas. Pamba riverДЄll the five temples are summarily called as Anjambalam and are included in the list of 108 Divya Desams of Sri Maha Vishnu. It is believed that, to alleviate their sins, each of them had built a temple dedicated to Sri Maha Vishnu in Chengannur on the banks of river Pampa.

The holy river Pampa flows through the town and there are many temples along the banks of the river.ДЄs per legend, though Pancha Pandavas had won the Mahabharata War, they were cursed with Brahma Hati Dosha as they were responsible for the death of Sri Dronacharya, their Guru who was a Brahmin. It is also one of the 32 Namboothri villages in Kerala. This place lies in the route to Sri Sabari Mala. Chengannur is the town situated at Alapuzha district of Kerala.

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